The Lokayukta police on Friday registered a suo motu FIR against Kantharaj, Personal Secretary to Minister of State for Labour P.T. Parameshwara Naik, over allegations of corruption
They searched three premises on Saturday. A senior police officer said they had been flooded with oral complaints that Mr. Kantharaj was involved in large-scale corruption during the transfers of junior trade officers. The officer added that they received a tip-off that Mr. Kantharaj had also indulged in malpractice in approval to Industrial Training Institutes across the State.